Chelsea 2 Everton 1: Rudiger and Willian send spirited Toffees out

Chelsea 2 Everton 1: Rudiger and Willian send spirited Toffees out

Antonio Rudiger's header and Willian's stunning stoppage-time strike secured Chelsea a place in the EFL Cup quarter-finals as David Unsworth's first game in temporary charge of Everton ended in a 2-1 defeat.

Ronald Koeman's 16-month stint in charge of Everton was brought to a halt on Monday, following a humiliating 5-2 home defeat to Arsenal that left them 18th in Premier League.

However, a rejuvenated second-half display showed Everton's quality - with a moment of magic from Willian in the 92nd minute ensuring that Dominic Calvert-Lewin's effort soon after was a mere consolation.

Rudiger's superb 26th-minute effort, the defender's first goal for the Premier League champions, looked to have taken the spirit out of the Toffees, but Unsworth's side responded superbly and dominated in the second half - Willy Caballero pulling off a string of saves to preserve Chelsea's lead.

Ademola Lookman went close with a blistering strike against the bar just before Chelsea wrapped up the win late on.

Ultimately, though, it is now just two wins in 14 matches across all competitions for managerless Everton, who face fellow strugglers Leicester City next time out.

Pentagon: US airstrikes in Yemen kill 9 ISIS militants

The US military conducted two airstrikes targeting ISIS in Yemen on Wednesday, killing nine ISIS militants, according to US Central Command, which oversees US troops in the region. The two strikes hit ISIS vehicles and took place in al Bayda Governorate in Yemen. This is only the second time the US has targeted ISIS in Yemen with a series of strikes, suggesting US planners are increasingly concerned about the terror group's presence there.

Military strikes there have historically targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. "Ongoing US counter-terrorism operations against ISIS in the ungoverned spaces of Yemen continued today with two strikes, which killed nine terrorists," said US Army Maj. Josh Jacques, a Central Command spokesperson.

The first strike successfully targeted seven armed ISIS fighters travelling in a truck in a rural area of al Bayda. The second strike killed two armed ISIS fighters in a parked truck located about five miles to the west of the first site, Jacques said. In the last 10 days, US forces have successfully targeted and removed 60 ISIS terrorists from the battlefield in Yemen.

George HW Bush apologizes after actor accuses him of sexual assault

George HW Bush has reportedly apologized after an actor accused him of sexual assault.

Heather Lind, 34, alleged that the former US president “sexually assaulted” her when they posed for a photograph several years ago, according to a since deleted Instagram post. “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke,” she posted, according to the Mail Online.

A spokesman for the former president, who is 93, told the Mail Online: “President Bush would never – under any circumstance – intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humour offended Ms Lind.”

In the Instagram post, Lind, who has starred in AMC’s 'Turn: Washington’s Spies', said the president touched her a second time and “Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say ‘not again’.”

“His security guard told me I shouldn’t have stood next to him for the photo,” Lind said

124 dead , nearly 1,200 infected with plague in Madagascar

 

A plague outbreak in Madagascar has infected 1,192 people since August, with 124 deaths, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Madagascar's National Bureau of Risk Management and Disaster reported on Monday.

Pneumonic plague is more virulent or damaging and is an advanced form characterized by a severe lung infection that can be transmitted from person to person via airborne droplets such as through coughing or sneezing, for example.

Charlotte Ndiaye, WHO representative in Madagascar, added that about half the deaths are occurring in the community, not health centers, according to government figures, which demonstrates that more work needs to be done to help people understand that treatment is available, and they need to go to health services as quickly as possible.

Plague is endemic to Madagascar, with an estimated 400 cases reported there every year, mostly the bubonic variety, but the current outbreak has affected more areas and started earlier than usual.

She explained WHO is working closely with Madagascar's airport authorities to ensure control measures -- such as temperature checks and medical teams -- are in place at airports and ports to prevent the spread of infection outside the country.

Honolulu first world city to ban texting while crossing road

Honolulu in Hawaii has become the first city in the world to ban people from looking at their phones or other digital devices while crossing roads. The law, passed in July in an attempt to reduce injuries and deaths that occur while people are distracted, came into force on Wednesday.

The Distracted Walking Law states that "no pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device".

The National Safety Council in the US added "distracted walking" to a list of injury risks in 2015, the same year a study in the Journal of Safety Studies found that hundreds of American pedestrians a year were injured while engrossed in their phones.

Other countries have tried to find technological ways of dealing with the problem of "smartphone zombies", from , to but, crucially, are in the line of sight of someone looking at a telephone.

Pentagon: US airstrikes in Yemen kill 9 ISIS militants

The US military conducted two airstrikes targeting ISIS in Yemen on Wednesday, killing nine ISIS militants, according to US Central Command, which oversees US troops in the region. The two strikes hit ISIS vehicles and took place in al Bayda Governorate in Yemen. This is only the second time the US has targeted ISIS in Yemen with a series of strikes, suggesting US planners are increasingly concerned about the terror group's presence there.

Military strikes there have historically targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. "Ongoing US counter-terrorism operations against ISIS in the ungoverned spaces of Yemen continued today with two strikes, which killed nine terrorists," said US Army Maj. Josh Jacques, a Central Command spokesperson.

The first strike successfully targeted seven armed ISIS fighters travelling in a truck in a rural area of al Bayda. The second strike killed two armed ISIS fighters in a parked truck located about five miles to the west of the first site, Jacques said. In the last 10 days, US forces have successfully targeted and removed 60 ISIS terrorists from the battlefield in Yemen.